Nursing Informatics Boot Camp

Posted on September 6, 2012 by afernando

This boot camp will be on September 28-30 in O’Fallon, Illinois. This intensive two day course focuses on current informatics trends and issues in health. It includes content for nurses who are interested in becoming Board Certified Informatics Nurses. Other clinical professionals working in informatics may wish to take the course to become exposed to the course topics Location: Memorial Education Building 800 East Highway 50 O’Fallon, Illinois 62269 Axxess Consult Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation. 14.0 hours of continuing education credit will be awarded upon completion of this offering. Full attendance at the program is required. The nursing informatics boot Camp is not associated with the ANCC. TOPICS: Information Management and Knowledge Generation Professional Practice System Lifecycle Information Technology Current Issues Case Studies COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. Discuss the scope and standards of nursing informatics practice 2. Describe professional practice, trends and issues within the informatics nurse role 3. Explore management and leadership issues affecting informatics in healthcare settings 4. Identify key

concepts in informatics, information technology, information management, knowledge generation and data security 5. Consider human factors in relation to information technology systems 6. Describe models and theories associated with informatics 7. Delineate steps of the system life cycle as it applies to information technology in the health setting SPEAKERS: Susan K Newbold, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS Susan K. Newbold is a Healthcare Informatics Consultant, Franklin, TN. Most recently she was the Education Lead for the implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) at the Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, TN. She is uniquely qualified to teach this course as she has experience in the vendor, consulting, academic and hospital world. Dr. Newbold is Board Certified in Nursing Informatics and initiated the first review course in nursing informatics in 1995 which she taught over 50 times. In 2001 she won the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing International Technology Award for Knowledge Advancement for this course. The second speaker is selected based on availability from a pool of candidates with recent informatics experience SCHEDULE: Day 1, September 28, 2012 Friday 1:30 pm – 5:00pm Registration 6:00 pm Optional Dinner (self paid) at local restaurant Welcome, Introductions, Set Personal Objectives, Professional Practice Day 2, September 29, 2012 Saturday 7:30am – 5pm Sign in and Breakfast Information Management and Knowledge Generation, Model and Theories, Human Computer Interactions Lunch System Life Cycle Begin Case Studies Dinner on your own Day 3 September 30, 2012 Sunday 7:30am -12:00 noon Sign in and Breakfast Information Technology Case Studies Certification Exam Preparation Course Evaluation, Contact Hours Awarded  

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Countdown: 90 days until Go-Live

Posted on September 3, 2012 by afernando

It’s a holiday weekend here in the United States.  I hope all of you are enjoying your time off. I know I am.  This is the last three day holiday that the project team will have for the rest of the year.  So, its time to enjoy.

My normal work schedule has been to come in and work on the weekend just to catch up.  The deadline to get all of our content was moved up ten days early. The stress has begun.  I noticed my colleagues are on edge.  People are not talking to each other anymore and snapping at each other. They are even snapping at the administrative secretaries because there are no meeting rooms available. This is so sad that our work has gotten so stressful that we are treating people unkindly.

This is what was happening the past week because everyone knows August is over and September is here.  There is only 90 more days until we go-live with the system.  Are we ready?  Are the end users ready?

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4 Health Informatics Webinars

Posted on August 30, 2012 by afernando

Here are a list of upcoming educational webinars:

Clinical Decision Support:  The Key Enabler to Unlocking the Potential of Clinical Data

Improved patient care, greater efficiency and solid performance metrics are research-proven outcomes of how clinical decision support (CDS) can help your organization. However, CDS does not come without its challenges…and overcoming clinician resistance and implementation problems are at the top the list.

Are these barriers to CDS success in your organization?

By attending this Virtual Briefing, you will gain practical strategies for both effective CDS implementation and its adoption by physicians and other clinical practitioners. Our expert speakers will offer insights on how to design interventions that work, explain how to fit CDS into the clinical workflow, and will explain how to monitor the use of your CDS and gain meaningful

Your free* registration includes live and On Demand access to education sessions, downloadable resources, and networking opportunities with speakers and attendees.

9/12/12  at 11 AM CT

To register for the webinar, click here.

Cost:  Free

Meaningful Use Stage 2 and the Standards and Certification Criteria Final Rules:  A Three Part Series

Meaningful Use Stage 2 Criteria Final Rules are out. But what does that mean for your organization?

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to meeting Stage 2 requirements.

HIMSS has developed a compelling educational series to help organizations be positioned to meet the new requirements. This important three part series kicks off with an overview, followed by sessions on standards/certification criteria and clinical quality measure.

Register today and get a head start on your Stage 2 journey.

9/11/12 at 12 PM CT

9/18/12 at 12 PM CT

9/25/12 at 12 PM CT

To register for all three webinars, click here.

All events are free.

 

 

 

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Southern Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics

Posted on August 28, 2012 by afernando

There will be a Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics (WINI), cosponsored by the Center for Nursing Excellence at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the Mississippi HIMSS Chapter. This WINI will be held in Jackson, Mississippi October 26th – October 28th. (CE credits canadian pharmacy online are applied.) Mississippi HIMSS proscar a propecia is also sponsoring a Wine and Cheese Tasting on the levitra evening of the 26th – all WINI attendees are kamagra jelly oral invited to join in. Early bird registration is available – $450. To access the secure conference registration site, please click here. The WINI will be held at the Jackson Hilton at 1001 East County Line Rd, Jackson, MS.For attendees outside of Jackson requiring overnight accommodations, please make reservations at the Hilton and use this URL: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/J/JANJHHF-WINI-20121026/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG You will need to use the group name: “Department of WINI” to ensure the special rate of $94/night, for

reservations made before Sept 26th, 2012.

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Countdown: 100 Days til Go-Live

Posted on August 24, 2012 by afernando

We’ve reached the 100 day until go-live mark. Tomorrow, we will start counting down in two digits. We still have a lot to do as testing continues. Pilot training is scheduled for next week where the credentialed trainers present the lesson plans to the trainers and analysts. There is still a lot of content build to do as we prepare for our deadline in a few weeks. We got a surprise from our directors today. We received a meeting invite that was cryptic with no location. I had an inkling of what we were going to do. But, I did not really know what we would be doing or why we were meeting at the nearest park. I was in the testing room and the testing director announced that all inpatient team member were to meet at the park. So, we all left. Some of my colleagues did not even get the invite. I met some of them in transit and told them where we were going. It was a good thing I heard earlier in the morning what we were really doing. Apparently, I heard we were going to “play”. I thought to myself, “Are we playing because we have been working so hard?” The meeting at the park was at 2 PM but we did not know the viagra otc exact location so we waited for other team members http://viagraonline-forsex.com/ to appear. We finally saw some of the directors and followed them inside the children’s area. The directors handed dollar

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store bubbles, paddles with a ball attached, fruit popsicles, and other

toys. Some team members did not know what to do as if they have never played before. It was a nice break from being in the office working hard for the past several months. The weather was nice and fresh air is always good. Pictures of the team smiling were snapped. Someone made a comment that we http://cialisgeneric-treated.com/ are not really stressed yet if we are still all smiling. About eighty team members were at the park inside the children’s playground area. This is a closed off area and the park ranger asked all of us to leave since we were such a big group. I am not sure what the park ranger said or even the reason of why we need to leave. We were there for 45 pentasa canada pharmacy minutes and we all knew our “play time” is coming to an end. We all headed back to the office, refreshed from the break and the memory of the 100 day till go-live.

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A Peak Into My Work Life

Posted on August 20, 2012 by afernando

I’ve been writing about the various pre-go-live activities. Back in December, I wrote about a Day in the Life of An Analyst and thought I would share what my day is like 90 days before a go-live.

I am the type of person who likes to be on top of things. I like to be prepared for meetings. I like to have an agenda and a list of what I will discuss for the meeting. In addition, if I know I will be doing a demonstration, I will prepare a test patient and make sure I have the correct workflow.

My day is never the same everyday. Sometimes, I have early morning meetings and sometimes I don’t have any meetings at all.  I will describe my typical Monday.

My typical Monday starts at 8 AM.  I begin my morning checking my email and answering the critical ones. Then, I check my calendar just to get a picture of what my day and week will be like.  If I don’t have any meetings in the morning and the office is quiet, I will begin my hardest work or work that requires a lot of thinking. Depending on the deadline,  I will finish this project before I start another.

Next, I see  if there are any defects assigned to me from integrated testing.  I check the testing queue and if there are any, I write out a change management ticket in order to be reviewed by the integrated team.  The change management meetings are twice a week and if I miss the Tuesdays change management meeting, I have the Thursday meeting to bring my changes in order for it to be approved.  The deadline to have the change management ticket is Monday at 5 PM so if I want my changes in on Tuesday, I make sure I have my tickets ready.  Before it goes to the change management meeting, my director or team lead will need to read over the ticket to make sure I have everything I wrote is complete.

By the time I have my change management ticket ready (believe me its a time-consuming and rigorous process), lunch time has arrived.  I try to have lunch away from my desk but sometimes it is not possible. I do try my best to at least go outside for some fresh air or run and do my errands if I can.  It all depends on how late I want to stay that day.

On Mondays after lunch are our weekly team meeting for an hour. I make sure the agenda is completed and print out a few copies so my team member are aware of the agenda items.  This meeting is led by the director and outstanding items and information are announced in this meeting.  In addition, the workgroups give a synopsis to the team of the plans and activities that particular workgroup is going through.

After my team meeting, is another meeting I usually attend if I am available. It’s my standing security workgroup meeting. In this integrated meeting, all security representatives from all applications (live and not-live) are in attendance and gives a brief overview of any changes their team needs to make.  Security is integrated and if one team makes a change it can seriously impact another application team.  The security meeting usually lasts an hour or less and after the meeting I go back to my desk and see what is next on my list.  If I have another meeting, I usually attend that.  If not, I check my list of projects to see what else needs to be done. This will last me the rest of the day and then I will call it a day.  And the next day is something new.

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Health Informatics Information Sharing

Posted on August 16, 2012 by afernando

I’ve posted some links below to share health informatics information that I’ve found this past week.

Meaningful Use – The Whiteboard Story

Meaningful Use – The Whiteboard Story in pdf

I often get this look when I tell people I am a

nurse informaticist.

Health Information Technology experts to follow on twitter

Great You Tube video at the Consumer Health IT Summit from 9/12/11 (1 hour plus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Health IT Summit

Posted on August 13, 2012 by afernando

iHT2 Health IT Summit will be in New York, September 19-20th, at The Education and Conference Center at the New York Academy of Medicine.

We are working with Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Tenet Healthcare, Yale New Haven Health System and over 200 other executives to collaborate and share ideas about challenges and innovations in:

  • Telehealth
  • Accountable Care Organizations
  • Meaningful Use
  • Health Information Exchange
  • Mobile Technology
  • Privacy & Security

Go to this registration form to register for the conference.  There are limited spots available so enroll as soon as possible and the best part is its free.  View conference  conference speakers and agenda here.

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Countdown: 117 Days til Go-Live

Posted on August 9, 2012 by afernando

August has arrived. When I think of the word August, I think of summer, vacation, beach, relax, and fun. Not, work, overtime, or stress. So much has happened since my last countdown from July 26. The last CPM session is the professional exchange hand-off or shift report. My colleagues and I recorded a webinar for the clinicians to view. Ultimately, the clinicians own the hand-off process. I heard the sessions have gone well and a few clinicians have made recommendations. I am grateful to have the clinical champions run these sessions. I don’t know what I would do if my colleagues and I led these sessions, considering all of the other items I need to get done. In parallel, August 5 marked a go-live of Phase 1C. The institution’s cancer center went live. I am personally supporting this go-live this weekend but so far I have heard it was a success. Of course there were some hiccups on the first day but was resolved immediately. I am so happy to hear this go-live went well. In addition to the Cancer Center go-live, testing started up again last week. It’s been

crazy since some of my colleagues are supporting the cancer center and some are involved in testing. Everyone is all over the place. I am involved in the testing phase. Even though its a tedious process, we need to make sure everything works. I can’t tell you how we are almost here with the inpatient go-live. I am getting nervous. My colleagues are getting scared. Next week will be the 90 day Go-Live Readiness Assessment. Are we ready? Things are happening so fast. My head is swirling. Sometimes, I just need to stop and think about things. But there is no time. September is our content deadline and need to have our content in as soon as possible. But, I can’t get stressed out. I do take care of myself with self-care. I eat away from my desk, if possible and leave at a reasonable time. I can’t burn myself out. For those of you considering working at an institution in the implementation phase, its exciting yet frustrating at the same time. An implementation will give you experience and skills that will last a lifetime.

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The Basics of the Omaha System

Posted on August 6, 2012 by afernando

This workshop is mainly for nurse informaticists. The Omaha system is a research-based comprehensive practice and documentation standardized taxonomy or classification designed to document client care from admission to discharge.

What: Introductory/refresher workshop that includes discussion and practice applying the Omaha System to case study data (see sample case studies on www.omahasystem.org)

Why: Opportunity for practitioners, managers, faculty, students, and programmers/IT staff who are considering best generic cialis forum OR using the Omaha System

Who: Karen S. Martin, RN, MSN, FAAN presenter

Host: VNA California

When: August 15 (Wednesday)

Where: 8/15/12 Training Room, 6235 River Crest Dr, Suite L, Riverside CA 92507

Registration: $135.00; limited to 30

Includes lunch and 5.5 contact hrs (California contact hours provided by VNA California, BRN Provider No. CEP 12382).

To confirm registration: Contact Karen Martin at 402-333-1962 or martinks@tconl.com; mail check payable to: Martin Associates, 2115 S. 130th St., Omaha NE 68144. For cancellation and a refund, send written notice at least 2 weeks before the workshop.

If possible, bring a copy of The Omaha System: A Key to Practice, Documentation, and Information Management (2005) to the workshop. See www.omahasystem.org and www.healthconnectionspress.com for viagra cialis levitra comparacion details. A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the workshop. Workshop Objectives: At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the three parts of the Omaha System: the Problem Classification http://canadian-pharmacyrx4ed.com/ Scheme, the Intervention Scheme, and the Problem Rating Scale for Outcomes. 2. Identify benefits of using an organized framework for the practice, documentation, and management of inter- disciplinary health care services. 3. Apply the Omaha System accurately to case study client data. 4. Describe at least three types of groups generic cialis that use the Omaha System. For use in public health, home care, case management, parish, hospitals, nurse-managed centers, schools, and other settings  

Agenda:

8:30-9:00: Registration

9:00-9:15: Welcome and Introductions

9:15-11:15: Overview of the Omaha System

11:15-12:30: Group Practice

12:30-1:00: Lunch

1:00-2:30: Practice

2:30-3:20: Users and Discussion

3:20-3:30: Wrap-up; Complete Evaluations

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